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Leftovers: What's The Natural's PECOTA?
• What Roy Hobbs' stats might have been. [Blogger] (via Rob Neyer's new blog) • It can't be easy being a baseball player named Joe DiMaggio. [Yahoo! Sports] • If you haven't seen The Dugout's take on Sidney Ponson, man, we feel sorry for you. [The Dugout] • Here's that excellent Klosterman essay eve...
Leftovers: Is There Insulin In MGD?
• David Wells has diabetes. [Rumors And Rants] • The biggest Dolphins fan died over the weekend. [SI.com] • The Rangers like to have fun with Gerard Laird. [Babes Love Baseball] • No, you see, this means there IS parity in college basketball. [Chicago Sports Review] • We won't be the same without To...
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• Peter King, in SI.com's Expert Fantasy Baseball Draft, on selecting Craig Biggio in the 17th round: "Met him in Florida. Said to self: 'Pick this man on every team you own.'" Yeah, that sounds like Peter King. [MVN] • You can own a plastic replica of the meat that Rocky beat. [Our Book of Scrap] •...
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• A plea to CBS to make Bill Raftery and Verne Lundquist the top tournament announcing team. I could not agree more. [Complete Sports] • Gustavo Chacin smells terrific. [CBS Sportsline] • Even in prison. [SI] • Checking in with the KSK vs. Ladies... bracket challenge. [Ladies...] • Some unique thoug...
Leftovers: It's Almost As If No One Likes Him
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Leftovers: Breathe, J.D., Breathe
• J.D. Drew has an oxygen chamber. Makes sense. [UmpBump] • The yearly teams you hate in the NCAA tourney. [Slate] • Of the mock brackets we've seen of late, this is one of our favorites. [Deadly Hippos] • A rather brilliant McSweeney's piece on the "GameDay" crew analyzing a guy's sex life. [McSwee...
Leftovers: Probably After A Dave Matthews Concert
• More shit from Miller Park. [The Jaunt] • Some good, old-fashioned Duke hate. [YouTube] • Nothing to do with sports, but ... OHIO! [Newsnet5] • Is Deion Sanders stealing from his children? [Media Take Out] • It's almost like there's something wrong with Tonya Harding. [OregonLive]...
Leftovers: NCAA: "I Need Tickets!"
• The NCAA is reselling its own tournament tickets. [Money Players] • Tommy Amaker's NCAA title is just a success that hasn't happened yet. [The Feed] • Freddie Mitchell won't take the help of the one guy who cares. [The 700 Level] • Rick Majerus would like to help you masturbate. [Kissing Suzy Kolb...
Leftovers: Jake, Keeping Busy
• Jake Plummer is spending his newfound free time playing handball. [Chicks Dig The Long Ball] • Not so salacious, those BYU cheerleaders. [With Leather] • Tubby Smith ... not in danger of being fired before the tournament! Good, Tubby, good. [ESPN] • If you didn't see, Federer lost yesterday. [SI.c...
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• A PGA Golfer is in a whole lot of trouble over a street race that killed someone. [SI] • When the tires are hard, Tony Stewart gets pissed off. [Loser with Socks] • You know what Evander Holyfield is going to do? He's going to investigate this thing all by his damn self. [Deuce of Davenport] • Per...
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• I never really thought about it before, but the guys who conduct the steroids tests for pro sports leagues ... that can't be a pleasant job. [Litmus] • This is getting ridiculous, Tom Brady. [The Extrapolator] • Anyone else notice that the Sixers have won six straight games? [The 700 Level] • Bran...
Leftovers: Upstate. UPSTATE.
• We love it when basketball teams rap. [Every Day Should Be Saturday] • Man, Stanford doesn't mess around when it comes to practice. [San Francisco Chronicle] • Jonathan Papelbon is a not a fan of these new rules. [Red Sox Monster] • Lee Corso, on Animal Planet! [Awful Announcing] • Yep. It's fun w...
Leftovers: Off To Baltimore, Sir
• Willis McGahee ... traded! [ESPN] • Former Phillie John Vukovich has died. [Fortress Of Pillows] • A fun John Rocker story. [UmpBump] • It's extremely difficult to find spring training stats sometimes. [Mop Up Duty] • An interview with our favorite college basketball blog. [FanIQ] • We're with you...
Leftovers: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
• Guy is climbing Everest in shorts. Brilliant! [Yahoo News] • It's Philip Hughes mania, we tell you. [The Feed] • This is a rather impressive goal. [Rizzo Sports] • OJ Simpson could be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's child. We hate ourselves even more than we usually do for typing that sentence. ...
Leftovers: They SHALL Respect Him
• Joey Porter is headed to Miami. What could possibly go wrong? [ESPN] • A-Rod is apparently rather particular about his sandwiches. [Can't Stand Quin Snyder] • We hope they rode their bikes off after the sale, with the contracts attached to the spokes. [Joe Sports Fan] • This is very much the wrong...
Leftovers: Yell About DirectTV
• If you're still mad about the DirectTV MLB deal — and we are — here are some numbers to call. [Humbug Journal] • Donte Stallworth, getting some help. [Pulled My Groin] • Dwyane Wade is ready to come back, probably. [YAYSports!] • The early free-agent signings, as seen through the eyes of Terri Sch...
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• The Pistons owner gives $75 million to a Jerusalem hospital. [SI] • If The Big Picture can have their "Would You Do?" tournament, then these ladies can do the same, although I don't know if "Would You Do Chris Berman" is a question the world is ready for. [Ladies...] • A closer look at the numbers...
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• This should clear up any rumors about Bill Simmons going to Sports Illustrated. Maybe SI shouldn't have included "hepatitis" in the contract offer. [Scott's Shots] • You know that Dodgers pitcher who's worth billions? Darren Rovell gets all up in his schist. [CNBC] • A blog with an Onion-like appr...
Leftovers: Do Not Taunt Denny McLain
• Denny McLain is mad as hell, and he's ... gonna write a book no one will buy about it. [Detroit Free Press] • It's really, really hard to win on the road in European soccer. [Gelf Magazine] • Fred Taylor should be in the Hall of Fame. Really. [Can't Stand Quin Snyder] • Jake Plummer is Tampa-bound...
Leftovers: Ankiel Forever!
• Rick Ankiel is indestructible. We, for one, welcome our Ankiel overlord. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • The Sklar brothers are the least convincing Western sheriffs of all time. [The Sports Oasis] • It's all right to cry, Stephon; crying gets the feelings out. [RealGM] • Betting on Florida to repeat ...